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Kikitsu Station

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Other names
  
Kikitsu Station

Line(s)
  
Nagasaki Main Line

Opened
  
1898

Operated by
  
Kyushu Railway Company

Address
  
Japan

Kikitsu Station

Location
  
Isahaya, Nagasaki Japan

Similar
  
Nishi‑Isahaya Station, Ichinuno Station, Isahaya Station, Higashisono Station, Ōkusa Station

Kikitsu Station (喜々津駅, Kikitsu-eki) is a railway station in Tarami-chō, Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line. The Nagasaki Main Line splits into the "new line" and the "old line" at this station. Also, the Rapid Service train Sea Side Liner stops here. In 2003 an average of 3,665 people per day used this station.

Contents

Layout

The station consists of two platforms, connected by a footbridge, servicing three tracks.

Environs

  • Isahaya City Office Tarami Branch (Former Tarami Town Office)
  • Tarami Post Office
  • Seiryo High School
  • Soseikan High School and Junior High School

    • History

  • November 27, 1898 - Opened under the control of Kyushu Railroad.
  • July 1, 1907 - Kyushu Railroad nationalizes and the station falls under the control of the Japanese Government Railways.
  • October 2, 1972 - New Line (Kikitsu - Urakami via Ichinuno) is established.
  • June 6, 1976 - Track from Tosu to Ichinuno to Nagasaki is electrified.
  • April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu.

    • Adjacent stations

    ※Some trains are different in a station to stop.

    References

    Kikitsu Station Wikipedia
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